Music cabinet



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Patent Auga 14, 1923.

- man ST teat Application flledilecember 18, 1918. Serial No. 845,2.

, To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, MACK M. SWAIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined lamps and music cabinets and the dprimaryobject relation to the music roll holding device that the title of the rolls tin ished.

nother object of the invention is the revision of an improved music cabinet and can be readily disamp having a plurality of separate coming the door the music roll partments for the music rolls, each of the compartments having a separate closure or door, which is so constructed and support a music roll, so that upon openwill be exposed to view and brought out of the compartment.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved device embodying a cylindrical rotary cabinet having a plurality of compartments therein for the reception of music rolls, the cabinet having securel mounted on the upper surface thereo a lam for facilitating the reading of the titles 0 the music rolls or the labels on the compartments or for use as an ordinarypiano or floor lamp.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a music roll cabinet having separate compartments provided with independent hinged closures carrying spring clips for holding the music rolls against displacement and to prevent the unwinding or expansion thereof.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an improved combined lamp and music cabinet of the above character, which is efiicient and durable in use, one that is simple and easy to manufacture, and one taken in connection with the as to carry which can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description,

accompanying drawings, in which drawings:

igure 1 is a dperspective view of the improved combine lamp and music cabinet.

Figure 2 is a vertical central section through the same.

F igure 3 is a transverse section taken on the l1ne 3-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the doors for one of the compartments, showing the music roll attached thereto.

Referring to the drawings, in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A indicates the improved device, which includes the cabinet B rotatably mounted on the standard 0 havingthe supporting base D, the upper end of the standard C supporting the lamp E.

The cabinet B is as shown, of cylindrical formation, but it 1s to be understood that the same may be made in any preferred configuration. The cylindrical cabinet C includes the upper wall 5, the lower wall 6, and a plurality of equi-distantly spaced horizontally arranged partitions 7, which are 30 maintained in their spaced relation to each other and to the upper and lower walls 5 and 6, b equi-distantly spaced horizontally dispose supports 8, which form means whereby the doors 9 may be supported. 35 Hinges 10 are lprovided of any referred type for pivota y connecting the oors 9' to the stri s or braces 8. The partitions 7 form a plura ity of superposed rows or tiers of doors 9 which lead into the cabinet B.

Each of the doors 9 is adapted to carry a music roll 11 so that when the doors are swung outwardly the music rolls 11 will be exposed to-view. To hold the rolls in position on the doors 9 arcuate spring clips 12 95 are provided which have their inner faces grooved as at 13 for the reception of the upper terminals of the music roll reel. Be-

low the spring clip 12 is an inwardly projecting flat U-shaped springrlip 1 1:, which is adapted to engage the music roll lntermediate its ends and hold the same from unwinding and against expansion. The doors 9 as shown are curved transversely so as to conform to the cylindrical configuration of the cabinet. T The central support or standard C 1ncludes a hollow tubular pipe 15, which extends longitudinally through the cabinet and the cabinet is provided with a plurality of aligned concentric openings so as to permit the turning of the cabinet on the same. The terminals of the hollow pipe 15 are extended beyond the upper and lower walls and 6 and the lower terminal of the hollow pipe is connected to the supporting base D. The supporting base D includes a circular supporting plate 16 having any preferred type of feet or other supports 17 secured thereto. The central portion of the disc or plate 16 is provided with a concentric opening, which aligns with the openings in the cabinet B for the reception of the standard or hollow pipe and the same is threaded and secured to an ornamental cap 18, which is secured by suitable fastening elements 19 to the lower surface of the plate 16. The lower wall 6 of the cabinet B is provided with a wear plate 20 which carries a depending flange or ring 21 which is adapted to extend below or flush with the lowermost, surface of the plate 16. The plate 16 and the wear plate 21 are provided with aligned ball races for the reception of ball bearings 22, which permit the ready and easy rotation of the cabinet on the base. The upper end of the standard or pipe 15 is threaded into the base 23 of the lamp E and this base is of any preferred configuration and suitably ornamented and includes a circular plate or disc 24 having a depending flange 25, which extends around the u per end of the cabinet B. The lamp E may be of any suitable configuration or formation, and as shown includes a central support 26 supporting the lamp sockets 27 for the reception of incandescent lamps 28. A suitable shade 29 is carried by the support and forms means for reflecting the light downward on the cabinet and when any one of the doors 9 of the cabinet is swung open, the music roll will be brought into the path of the light rays.

The central support 26 of the lamp is provided with a longitudinally extending opening 30, which aligns with the bore of the standard or pipe 15, and the electric light wires 31 are extended through the pipe and into the opening and connected to the lamp socket 27 in the ordinary or any preferred manner. It has been contemplated to provide an index for the music rolls and to give each one of the same a number, and place the number on the door or door knob 32, and thus it will be merely necessar to look in the index to find the number 0 the selection desired to be played and find the corresponding number on the door 9.

Upon opening of the door, the title of the music roll can be, however, readily read.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that a novel type "of combined floor lamp and music roll cabinet has been provided, which is of exceptionally simple and durable construction, and which will provide an effective means for keeping music rolls for a player piano in correct order and against mutilation and permit the titles to be readily andeasily'read and eliminate the necessity of placing the rolls on top of-the piano which is the method now in ogue; Changes in details may be made, without departin from the spirit or scope of my invention; ut,

I claim: A 1. A cabinet comprising in combination, a base, a standard carried thereby, a cap carried by said standard adjacent thelupper portion of said standard, and [a cylindrical casing rotatable about the axis of said'standard, extending between said base and cap and having bearing onsaid base;

2. A music roll cabinet comprising a base, an upwardly extending centrally disposed standard rigidly secured to the basejspaced plates secured to the standard and disposed adjacent to the opposite terminals thereof, a cylindrical casing rotatably'rnountedon the standard between the plates," and ball bearings interposed between thelower plate and casini I v 3. cabinet comprising in combination, a base, a standard carriedthereb a-eap carried by said standard adjacent't e'jupper portion of said standard, a cylindrical casing rotatable about the axis of said stand} ard, extending between said base and cap, and having bearing on said base, and ajdepending flange carried by said cap "aud encircling the uppe'r'portion of said casing.

4. A cabinet for player piano music rolls comprising a cylindrical casing having a plurality of superposed e ui-distantly spaced partitions disposed t erein, outwardly swinging doors secu'redtothe casing said doors arcuate in cross. section and s ring clips secured to the concave faceo the door for holding the' music rolls'in' position extending in the cavities of the doors and rolls. v 1.

5. cabinet for player'pianomusic rolls comprising a cylindrical casing including upper and lower circular end'w'alls'i a plu I arjpar for preventing the unwinding ofthemusic Lmteeo hingedly secured to the rods for carrying the music rolls.

6. A cabinet comprising in combination,

a standard carried thereby, a cap carthe upper [1 portion thereof, a cylindrical casing rotatable about the aXis of said sta ndard, ex-

tending between said cap and base, and having bearing on said base, a depending flange carried by said cap and encircling the upper portion of said casing, and a depending ange carried by said casing and encircling the upper portion of said base.

MACK M. SWAIN. 

